Senate intelligence leaders: 20 people to be questioned, first hearing Thursday
The Senate intelligence committee has asked 20 people to be questioned in its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the panel's chairman said Wednesday.
Comilla city polls today
All set to hold polling in the elections to Comilla City Corporation today amid doubt about its freeness and fairness while fear of extremist attack has griped city dwellers after the police cordoned off a suspected den of extremists at Kotbari Wednesday evening.
SUSPECTED EXTREMISTS’ PRESENCE IN MOULVIBAZAR, COMILLA: Police spot new hideouts
Heavy gunshots were heard near two suspected dens of extremists in Moulvibazar from Wednesday morning as the police raids were underway on the houses owned by a Bangladeshi-British taxi driver.
Resist extremism, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the people of all strata to resist extremism, saying it is not our path to tread.
HC stays sedition case against Khaleda
The High Court Division on Wednesday stayed the proceedings against former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case filed by a former ruling Awami League leader.
Bangladesh Bank heist was state-sponsored: US
The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was ‘state-sponsored,’ an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the investigations, said on Wednesday.
South China Sea: Aircraft hangars, radar installed on artificial islands
Dozens of aircraft hangars and high-end radar capabilities on China's man-made islands in the South China Sea are almost operational, according to new satellite imagery released by a US-based think tank.
India wants to seal its borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh
US President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the Mexican border has nothing on India.
There's a Russian storm over Trump's struggling presidency
The darkening storm over Russia is now looming over President Donald Trump's innermost circle.
UK to trigger Article 50, starting Brexit process
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 Wednesday, kick-starting the Brexit process that will see Britain leave the European Union in two years' time.
